Danielle Andrea Harris - Scream Queen

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Danielle Andrea Harris is an American by birth. She was born in the summer of 1977 in Queens (New York), then moved with her family to Florida. Her career began at a young age. As a little girl, Danielle won a local beauty contest, after which she was noticed by agents. Harris's career was slowly going uphill, but her studies were the opposite. School teachers often scolded the future celebrity for absenteeism and neglect of classes. But the little girl already set herself the goal of becoming an actress and stubbornly walked towards it.

Start

Danielle Andrea Harris started her career in commercials. In 1985, she landed the supporting role of Samantha Garettson in the drama series One Life to Live, which follows the life of the fictional town of Llanview, Pennsylvania. Three years later, the girl left the project, which did not bring her the long-awaited fame. After that, there were episodic roles in the TV series Spencer, Growing Problems, Roseanne.

In an interview, Danielle repeatedly admitted that if it were not for the support of the family at the beginning of her career, she would not have achieved fame. At that time, her mother single-handedly raised two daughters, she had to work hard, but she still found the strength and time,to regularly go to auditions with an aspiring actress.

First movie roles

Danielle Andrea Harris' first major role was in the sequel to the cult horror film series Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. The eleven-year-old girl played one of the key roles in the film. According to the plot, her character Jamie Lloyd lives in a foster family. The girl is often tormented by nightmares in which she is pursued by a serial maniac. Gradually dreams turn into reality. The young actress returned to the role of Jamie Lloyd a year later in the film Halloween 5.

1991: The Last Boy Scout

In 1991, Danielle got roles in several films at once: Nightmare, Don't Tell Mom that the nanny is dead, City Slickers. She also starred in the series "Police Commissioner" and "City of the Supernatural. Indiana.”

The key this year for Harris was participation in the action comedy The Last Boy Scout. The girl played the role of Darian Hallenbeck, the daughter of the character of Bruce Willis, who was kidnapped by representatives of the mafia group. The film received two MTV Award nominations and was warmly received by the audience.

Further career

After the success of The Last Boy Scout, Danielle Andrea Harris continued to actively act in films and TV shows. She has roles in such films as "Make a Wish", "Back to Back", "Daylight". As well as a cameo appearance in the series: "Ambulance", "Charmed", "Detective Rush", "Psych".

People know Danielle Andrea Harris best of all from horror films. She even earned the nickname Scream Queen. On the screen, a fragile girl (Danielle Andrea Harris is only 152 centimeters tall) has repeatedly become a victim of maniacs, serial killers and ghosts. The actress has starred in more than a dozen horror films, the most famous of which are Urban Legends, a remake of the 2007 Halloween series, Black Waters of Echo, Cyrus, Ax 2, Quake.

Young viewers know Danielle from her work on the animated series The Wild Thornberrys, for which she voiced the sister of the main character, Debbie.

In recent years, pictures with Harris have not been successful, many of them have become frank failures.

Secrets of personal life

When Danielle was only 18 years old, she had a crazy fan in her life. The girl actually felt like a victim of a maniac when Christopher Small burst into her apartment with a weapon and a teddy bear in his hands. He threatened to kill the actress and her family, but, fortunately, did not have time to harm anyone. The ardent admirer was detained by the police in time. In 2007, Small began to threaten the girl again, but by a court decision he was forbidden to make contact with Harris, and also to approach her.

Danielle has been married to David Gross for several years. The couple recently had a son named Carter.

Danielle Harris managed to try herself as a director and producer. Her track record includes more than 80 paintings. Although the actress could not become famous thanks to her roles in seriousdramatic films, she has a lot of fans, among whom are mostly horror movie lovers.

The highlight of her career, according to fans, remains "Halloween", where she talentedly played the complex image of Jamie Lloyd.